1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was George Keogan, coaching in his 13th season with the Fighting Irish. The team finished the season with a 22–2–1 record[1] (their only tie in program history)[1] and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.[2][3] Players John Moir and Paul Nowak were named consensus All-Americans at the end of the season as well.

1935–36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions
ConferenceIndependent
1935–36 record22–2–1
Head coach
Captains
  • Martin Peters
  • John Ford
Home arenaNotre Dame Fieldhouse

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
11/30/1935*
Albion W 62–26  1–0
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
12/4/1935*
Saint Mary's (MN) W 45–22  2–0
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
12/4/1935*
Kalamazoo W 65–17  3–0
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
12/7/1935*
Millikin W 58–30  4–0
Studebaker Gymnasium 
South Bend, IN
12/7/1935*
Saint Joseph's (IN) W 71–22  5–0
Studebaker Gymnasium 
South Bend, IN
12/11/1935*
at Washington University W 35–27  6–0
Francis Gymnasium 
St. Louis, MO
12/16/1935*
Northwestern W 40–29  7–0
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
12/23/1935*
at Purdue L 40–54  7–1
Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium 
West Lafayette, IN
12/31/1935*
at Northwestern T 20–20  7–1–1
Old Patten Gymnasium 
Evanston, IL
1/4/1936*
at Minnesota W 29–27  8–1–1
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
1/10/1936*
at Pittsburgh W 43–35  9–1–1
Pitt Pavilion 
Pittsburgh, PA
1/14/1936*
Marquette W 37–22  10–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
1/18/1936*
at Penn W 37–27  11–1–1
Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA
1/20/1936*
at Syracuse W 46–43  12–1–1
Archbold Gymnasium 
Syracuse, NY
1/25/1936*
Butler W 35–27  13–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
2/1/1936*
Saint Benedict W 53–17  14–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
2/5/1936*
Illinois W 33–23  15–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
2/10/1936*
Kentucky W 41–20  16–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
2/14/1936*
vs. NYU W 38–27  17–1–1
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
2/22/1936*
Pittsburgh W 43–27  18–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
2/25/1936*
Minnesota W 37–15  19–1–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
2/29/1936*
at Butler W 34–30  20–1–1
Butler Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
3/4/1936*
Ohio State L 23–28  20–2–1
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
3/7/1936*
at Marquette W 37–34  21–2–1
Old Gym 
Milwaukee, WI
3/10/1936*
at Detroit W 51–28  22–2–1
 
Detroit, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[1]

References

  1. "2011–12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball Media Guide". Yearly Results (p. 146). University of Notre Dame. 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  2. "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  3. "George Keogan coaching record". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
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